@article {Gee:2017:1525-4011:34,
title = "Mergent Online",
journal = "The Charleston Advisor",
parent_itemid = "infobike://annurev/tca",
publishercode ="annurev",
year = "2017",
volume = "18",
number = "3",
publication date ="2017-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "34-37",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1525-4011",
eissn = "1525-4003",
url = "https://annurev.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/annurev/tca/2017/00000018/00000003/art00010",
doi = "doi:10.5260/chara.18.3.34",
author = "Gee, Harold",
abstract = "Mergent Online is a well-known and widely used web-based business database. It is a comprehensive source of business information on U.S. public and private companies. Data is also available on non-U.S. companies. One can research a public companys history, financials, executive
profiles, current news, competitors, SEC filings, capital changes, profitability ratios, stock price charts, equity reports, and more. The database also has industry reports, country profiles, economic data, and analytical tools. There is limited information on private companies. The database
is very user-friendly. The search platforms are intuitive and the content is well organized.",
}